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Title: So how many of us are turning into Old rockers?
Post by: Blazer on June 22, 2008, 05:39:23 PM: Well I'm 32, I am a little overweight, wear the ponytail and the right around beard/moustach. And I already found my first gray hairs between my otherwise ebony mane.

And the fact is that I no longer look out of place between middle aged rockers attending gigs by bands like Status Quo. I'm slowly but surely turning into one of them.

I didn't say that's a bad thing though, I am catching up with a lot of fun I missed in my teen years and as a twenty something due to the extremely busy life I had in those days. I make friends with a lot of musicians who are in cool local bands, I built a name for myself as a good guitarist and I've become a well respected and well liked figure in the local music scene.

So yeah, I'm turning into an old rocker but loving every minute of it.
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Post by: Freuds_Cat on June 22, 2008, 06:11:32 PM: guilty ;D
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Post by: gweimer on June 22, 2008, 06:20:31 PM: I'm going to let you guys guess how old I was in my avatar shot.
Title: Re: So how many of us are turning into Old rockers?
Post by: sniper on June 22, 2008, 06:59:16 PM: gotta ya guess on that one bud rogue but i will post a pic of myself. when i was first rocking, johnny winter was alive and well (hint) and ~~Lindsey Buckingham~~ Peter Banks was playing with Blodwyn Pig
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Post by: Dave W on June 22, 2008, 07:15:19 PM: I turned into an old rocker years ago.
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Post by: gweimer on June 22, 2008, 08:42:51 PM: Lindsay Buckingham was in Blodwyn Pig? I never knew that.
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Post by: Rhythm N. Bliss on June 23, 2008, 01:25:52 AM: I ain't 54...I'm 27x2. haha
I'll be 55 next month. Alas
I'm celebrating GETTIN' BETTER not gettin' older. :mrgreen:
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Post by: ramone57 on June 23, 2008, 03:54:37 AM: too late for 'getting old', it's already happened. ;D
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Post by: Basvarken on June 23, 2008, 05:53:45 AM: I'm turning 40 next month... so yes guess i'm guilty too.
But hey, I'd rather be an Old Rocker than an Old Fart. :toast:
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Post by: Nocturnal on June 23, 2008, 07:44:44 AM: I'm 44 so I guess that makes me an old dude too. :-\
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Post by: sniper on June 23, 2008, 08:35:43 AM: Mick Abrahams
Andy Pyle
Hunt Sales
Jack Lancaster
Ron Berg

I pulled a booboo. Lindsay was not on the Blodwyn Pig second album. SORRY. It was Peter Banks from (Future) Yes.

;D ;D
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Post by: SKATE RAT on June 23, 2008, 05:48:37 PM: 35 and still PUNK !
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Post by: TBird1958 on June 23, 2008, 09:16:02 PM: I will reluctantly turn 50 in 2 months, funny thing is I get out more now and am much more active with music than I've ever been. Most of the time I don't feel 50, and God knows I'm nothing like my Father when he was my age! Doing what I do keeps me in reasonable health, I weigh 158lbs, just 3 more than when I graduated high school back in '76 and haven't smoked cigs in years - I just enjoy drinking alot more than I ever did ;D

Here's to a few more

(http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/veronicasteed/Pic167.jpg)
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Post by: leftybass on June 24, 2008, 02:07:10 PM: Turned 50 on Sunday, my wife is 27, and my son is 3 months on Friday. I'm still rockin'!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v383/iamthebassman/awards011-2.jpg)
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Post by: drbassman on June 24, 2008, 04:11:43 PM: Did someone say old!?! Well, I'm so old I got recruited last year for a production of Fiddler because not enough old geezers (aka Papas) showed up at auditions! It's a bear when your wife's the assistant director!

I wish I had my red hair and beard back! Those were the days, some 58 years ago............

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/drbassman/Misc%20Stuff/fiddlerpic1.jpg)
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Post by: godofthunder on June 24, 2008, 04:17:41 PM: I'll be 49 at the end of the month. Ya know Bill I'd take one good knee over a full head of hair, not that I'm going to get either ! Oh I miss my chestnut corkscrew curls ala Ian Hunter. But I can still kick any up starts ass. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/JSmoke2410.jpg)
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Post by: Blazer on June 24, 2008, 05:21:07 PM: Quote from: godofthunder on June 24, 2008, 04:17:41 PM
I'll be 49 at the end of the month. Ya know Bill I'd take one good knee over a full head of hair, not that I'm going to get either ! Oh I miss my chestnut corkscrew curls ala Ian Hunter. But I can still kick any up starts ass. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/JSmoke2410.jpg)

Keep on rocking brother, keep on Rocking!
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Post by: uwe on June 25, 2008, 09:53:12 AM: Quote from: godofthunder on June 24, 2008, 04:17:41 PM
I'll be 49 at the end of the month. Ya know Bill I'd take one good knee over a full head of hair, not that I'm going to get either ! Oh I miss my chestnut corkscrew curls ala Ian Hunter. But I can still kick any up starts ass. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/JSmoke2410.jpg)

And bend that G string! Creature of habit, huh, doesn't the legendary Dasson Technologies bridge make "hand intonation" like that superfluous?
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Post by: gweimer on June 25, 2008, 10:51:26 AM: I was 52 in the shots I have, and my avatar. There was only one guy older than me in the indie circuit of Cincinnati last year, and he was in a borderline country band (he played pedal steel) passing themselves as alternative.

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/post-46-1144975967.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/Kelp/gary_weimer.jpg)
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b170/gweimer/Kelp/cover-25184.jpg)
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Post by: eb2 on June 25, 2008, 10:57:51 AM: My age is a state secret, but I bought my first 50s Gibson bass for $125, and I had Dick Dastardly pencil erasers. Out of a public trader mag when nobody else wanted it. However, I confess to my preference of becoming an old rocker to the only alternative!
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Post by: angrymatt on June 25, 2008, 12:23:28 PM: I just turned 31 this year, and I still attend as many punk and ska shows as I can (it's not easy living in bumpkinville as I do). I get sad when I'm there and I hear 22 - 26 year olds bitching about how old they are, and so on.

I guess I'm an old rocker. I try not to think about it, and just make sure I'm still having fun.
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Post by: hieronymous on June 25, 2008, 02:57:40 PM: I hung out with a couple of old rockers last week - one played in the same band for over 30 years, and for many of those years they were playing at least three times a week. I knew that he had hearing problems when I asked twice if he had wireless internet in his house, to which he responded "what?" Even his 19 year old daughter had to say it two or three times before he finally understood.

The best part was that his wireless internet connection was nicknamed "yer_mom"!
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Post by: pamlicojack on June 25, 2008, 07:33:41 PM: I turned 40 last year but I don't feel it at all, except for a few aches and pains and soreness in the joints. If I lost 30 pounds I wouldn't have those. Most of my friends are much younger and they keep me feeling and playing young. Getting an upright has also helped. A wise man once said "Age ain't nothing but a number..."

Shame the beard came in white, I mean silver...

(http://a182.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/95/l_43b5a114bd06688c7cab289d1a5484cd.jpg)
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Post by: patman on June 26, 2008, 12:08:02 PM: 51 in Cincinnati, and I still gig--only thing I've noticed is that weight has become a major factor when choosing gear.
Title: Re: So how many of us are turning into Old rockers?
Post by: gweimer on June 26, 2008, 01:51:12 PM: Quote from: patman on June 26, 2008, 12:08:02 PM
51 in Cincinnati, and I still gig--only thing I've noticed is that weight has become a major factor when choosing gear.

So who you gigging with in Cincy?
Title: Re: So how many of us are turning into Old rockers?
Post by: patman on June 27, 2008, 12:49:15 PM: Band called the Cincy Rockers--website http://cincyrockers.com/ --classic rock--a euphemism for "old people music"

That's me with the Dano Longhorn...nice'n light!